Eddie/eddie-cli-elevated failing and blocking Internet connection

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Hi,

I have been using AirVPN and Eddie for almost 3 years in MacOS and Android. Some time ago (1 year?) I started to have this problem in MacOS when I started Eddie, the computer went to sleep and back or sometimes switching cable/wireless. When the splash window reaches the "network lock" step it shows this message and closes:

Unexpected error. Please contact our support staff. - CurrentDomain - Object reference not set to an instance of an object -   at Eddie.UI.Cocoa.Osx.AppDelegate.ApplicationShouldHandleReopen (AppKit.NSApplication sender, System.Boolean hasVisibleWindows) [0x0000c] in <4905fd93f6c34a379534a47b943e7e4d>:0 
at (wrapper managed-to-native) AppKit.NSApplication.NSApplicationMain(int,intptr)
at AppKit.NSApplication.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00048] in <3c4bf011da8d4906a57e81cb141cd836>:0 
at Eddie.UI.Cocoa.Osx.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x0006c] in <4905fd93f6c34a379534a47b943e7e4d>:0 

Here is the system report: https://eddie.website/report/5bd201d4/

The worst part is that very often the network lock remains activated, therefore locking the computer network connection. The exact nature of the problem is difficult to replicate. For instance, today I was normally using the computer, Wifi off, cable on, start Eddie and it pops up. Whereas sometimes it has resolved for itself by trying repeatedly, this time I resorted to killing eddie-cli-elevated from the terminal. I have to say, this kind of problem appeared occasionally when I started using AirVPN, but resolved well after killing eddie-cli-elevated. Not anymore after 1 year something ago. Sometimes after killing it a number of times, other times it solves itself after a while of trying, or restarting the computer... or not even restarting the computer (network lock stays there). I had some worrying situations trying to solve it restarting, killing the helper, restarting again, waiting... until somewhat Eddie comes back to life and I can unlock the network (I have been looking for a manual method to do it myself with no luck (any leads here will be well appreciated, I read Eddie documentation but no luck understanding how to work with MacOS PF method).

This is rather annoying, but it can be a problem sometimes. Indeed, I stopped using the "Activate network lock at startup" option afraid of being locked out if Eddie crashed like that, but even not having it activated it leaves the network lock activated when it happens (or very often).

I wonder if this has happened before and anyone has a solution (I checked the forum and found some cases, but not like mine). A big problem is that Eddie does not offer any option to solve this kind of problems, like removing the network lock or refreshing eddie-cli-elevated (I understand that it requires eddie-cli-elevated for any activity, and the former is not possible if it is not working properly or not connecting to it, but it might be able to try to restart eddie-cli-elevated if there are problems with it).

Not the same problem but related to it, sometimes Eddie seems like it is not responding to the Disconnect button. Actually, it is working, but it takes a while to do something. I wonder if it should immediately show a "Disconnecting" message, so you know it is working on it. A "Force disconnect" button for problematic situations could also be handy (not very often, but a server might stop responding an Eddie just sit there with no connection, taking a long time waiting for it when hitting "Disconnect").

Greetings!